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Step into a Dystopian Sci-Fi Arcade

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Even if you’ve never heard of Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, you’ve seen its influence. Ghost in the Shell, Bladerunner, Shenmue and so many more movies and video games got their aesthetic inspiration from this now-demolished city.

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Not many pictures exist of Kowloon Walled City before its demolition in 1993, but here you can see the outside of the walled city, and a rare glimpse of sunlight from within it.

And if you ever wanted to visit the city that inspired sci-fi for decades to come, you don’t need a time machine anymore: in Japan’s Kawasaki City, the Kawasaki Warehouse arcade is designed after Kowloon Walled City, bringing it back to life in all of its metallic dystopian glory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2KgQOqzBc

While the Kawasaki Warehouse arcade isn't new, on May 26, 2016, YouTube channel Beatdownboogie posted a video giving a tour of the arcade, so you can see all of the cyber-liciousness for yourself.

If you’re in Japan and you’re a fan of the dystopian sci-fi aesthetic, then you owe it to yourself to visit Kawasaki Warehouse for the experience of a lifetime. Even if you’re not in Japan and you’re a fan, then you may want to start saving up those credits for a transport over there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFaNX4WkZ0

And if you want to see more videos of cool spots in Japan, check out Beatdownboogie’s YouTube channel. Here’s a sample of their trip to Shinjuku’s Robot Restaurant, which is just as intensely sci-fi as the Kowloon City arcade, but in a much more colorful way.

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